Hame-tug



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HAME TUG. N0. 254,683. Patented Mar. 7.1882.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

ISAAC W. NUMAN, OF CANTON, OHIO.

HAME-TUG.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent Ihl'o. 254,683, dated March 7, 1882.

Application filed December 31, 1881.

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, ISAAC W. NUMAN, a citizen of the United States of America, residing at Canton, in the county of Stark and State of Ohio, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Hame-Tugs; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enableothers skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same, reference being bad to the accompanying drawings, and to letters or figures of reference marked thereon, which form a part of this specification.

The object of this invention is to combine with the hames ofa harness and with the hametug a device whereby the tug can be readily lengthened or shortened without necessitating the use of the buckle or extra lengths of strap that have been heretofore required.

By means of the devices hereinafter clearly described the hame-tug can be connected with the hames firmly and at the same time so that the tug can be adjusted.

Figure 1 is a longitudinal section of the device and of a portion of the hame-tug. Fig. 2 is a side elevation. ,Fig. 3 shows a modified form. Figs. 4 and 5 are detail views.

In the drawings I have shown a metal frame composed of the side pieces, AA, the end pieces, B B, and an intermediate cross-piece, O. The inner end piece, B, has an aperture through it through which the tug can pass. The outer end piece, B, is provided with a socket, which, at the outer end, has a screw-threaded wall, I). From the inner end of this socket an aperture passes inward through the cross-piece B, this aperture being somewhat less in diameter than the socket.

D is a screw-threaded rod mounted within the frame-work A B C. It has an enlarged head, D, adapted to abut against the shoulder 12 around the aperture in the part B. That portion of the rod D between the end of the thread and the head D is squared, as shown atd. The rod has its bearin gs at one end in the aperture in the part B and an aperture, 0, in the intermediate cross-piece, G. v

F is a thumb-wheel situated between the cross-pieces B and O and mounted upon the rod D, and engaging therewith by means of the (No model.)

square portion. It will be seen that by turning this thumb-wheel the screw-rod can be rotated in either direction. The threaded portion of the rod 1) engages with a nut, G, which nut is secured in place between the two strands or layers of leather of which the hame-tug H is formed. The nut may be fastened in the tug by means of rivets or by sewing, or in any other preferred way.

,After being inserted into this eye it is secured into the frame A B B by means ofthe threaded socket wherein the bolt portion of the eyebolt fits.

The device may be adapted foruse with breast-collars instead of hames by forming thereon an eye or loop, K, at the front end. By this it can be fastened to the top or neck strap. When the device is thus combined with a breast-collar the loop or eyebolt 1 is removed, and a screw, L, having a flat head, is inserted in the socket to close it.

hen the adjusting devices are to be employed with hames for heavy work three loops are formed with or attached to the frame at the rear end, as shown at M N 0. By means of these it can be attached to a back-strap, to a girth, and to a breeching-strap.

The skeleton-frame A B B U is covered with a jacket or casing of leather, which may be made very ornamental, if desired, by any of the methods of ornamenting leather.

In lieu of such a leather jacket or cover, the frame may be cast with a continuous shell, so as to be hollow to receive the parts described for the interior, and so as to allow it to be japanned or plated.

What I claim is- 1. The combination, with the hames and the hame-tug, of a frame adapted to receive the end of the tug, a screw-rod for adjusting the tug, and devices, substantially such as set forth,

for engaging said rod with the tug and the frame.

2. The combination, with the tug and the hame, of the frame AB (3, the screw-rod mount- 5 ed therein, the thumb-wheel engaging therewith, and the nut attached to the tug, substantially as set forth.

3. The combination, with the hame and the tug, of the metal frame A B, carrying the tug and provided with a screw-threaded socket, 10 and the eyeboit I, having the bolt portion divided, substantially as set forth.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

ISAAC W. NUMAN. Witnesses JACOB P. FAWOETT, HENRY FISHER. 

